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The Gaze of the Gorgon (1992)
Directed by Peter Symes
History, Documentary · 40m
Film poem by Tony Harrison which takes the figure of the Gorgon as a metaphor for the "freedom-fixing politics" which have been responsible for so much conflict this century. It starts in 1992 Frankfurt where Harrison speaks through the mouth of the statue of the German Jewish poet Heinrich Heine. At Corfu in Greece he tells of the link between Heine, the Greek Gorgon and Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Crew
- Director
- Peter Symes
- Writer
- Tony Harrison
Details
- Release date
- 1992-10-03
- Runtime
- 40m
- Genres
- History, Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- BBC